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from a threat. Increased self-awareness may allow men to break this pattern. Embracing healthy forms of masculinity was also suggested. Finally, these authors suggested that dismantling toxic workplace structures which encourage harmful masculine attitudes is a vital step in reducing fragile masculinity. According to
Stanaland and colleagues, less rigid expectations of what masculinity should be could allow for a more resilient form of masculinity.
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